All About Options, 3E: The Easy Way to Get Started

by Thomas A. McCafferty

Overview

Discover the Potential of Options for Managing Risk, Profiting from Bull or Bear Markets, and Leveraging Your Investments

Thousands of individual traders and investors used the first two editions of Tom McCafferty's All About Options to master every aspect of the options market_and develop strategies for making winning investments.

Now revised and updated, the Third Edition of this best-selling guide provides a clear, no-nonsense explanation of the risks and rewards of using options, ranging from options basics to hedging and speculating to options pricing.

This new edition of All About Options covers the dramatic changes in technology, world finance, and market conditions that have take place in recent years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071484794
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	12/26/2006
Series:	All About Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	752,501
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Thomas McCafferty has been involved in the financial industry for more than thirty years and currently operates his own consulting business. Previously, he was COO of Market Wise Securities, and before that, was a branch manager for Securities Corporation of Iowa.

Table of Contents

Understanding the Basics, Particularly the Value and Risks Associated
with Stock Options and Options-on-Futures.
Learning the Basic Option Trading Strategies (and Uses) to Solidify Objectives.
A Few More Uses for Options.
Forecasting Stock and Futures Price Trends.
Option Price Models and Volatility--The Most Important Consideration for Serious
Option Traders.
Developing Trading and Money Management Plans.
What You Need to Do to Implement Your Trading Plan.
What a Difference the Computer Chip Has Made.
Selecting the Broker That's Right for You.
Knowing a Little About Federal Regulations Can Sometimes Smooth Rough
Waters.
The Single Biggest Mistake New Traders Make--Plus a Few Other
Common Ones! (And, of Course, How to Avoid Them).
Getting Started, or the Secrets of Successful Options Trading.
Appendices:
1: Glossary ofTerms.
2: Sources of More Information.
3: Exchanges and Options Offered.
4: Description of Option Trading Software.